Welcome! This website, www.zimfarmproject.org (the “Site,” including all subdomains), is a copyrighted work belonging to Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. (“we,” “us,” and “our”). These terms of service (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the services available on this Site (the “Services”). Specific features of the Site may have additional rules and terms associated with them, and such additional rules and terms will be prominently posted or otherwise made available to each user (“you” and “your,” including any entity you represent) and are incorporated herein by reference.

The Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. provides charitable support for womens empowerment initiatives in Africa (as defined below) to you through its website located at https://africavertical.org (the “Site”), subject to this Terms of Service agreement (“TOS”). By accepting this TOS or by accessing or using the Service or Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this TOS. If you are entering into this TOS on behalf of a company, business or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity and its affiliates to this TOS, in which case the terms “you” or “your” shall refer to such entity and its affiliates. If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with this TOS, you must not accept this TOS and may not use the Service.

Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. may change this TOS from time to time. If we do this, we will post the changes to this TOS on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date these terms were last revised. We will notify you through the Service user interface in an email notification or through other reasonable means. Any such changes will become effective no earlier than fourteen (14) days after they are posted, except that changes addressing new functions of the Service or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. Your continued use of the Service after the date any such changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the new TOS.

Description of Service

This Site primarily operates as a nonprofit charitable organization website. Through local partnerships, the Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. provides employment and implements clean water, hygiene, and sanitation improvements, with future hydroponic and renewable energy initiatives.  We’re passionate about empowering people to move from dependency upon foreign aid to self-sufficiency. We are using 100% of all public donations to fund these initiatives in a rural farming community in Mazowe. We document our progress through videos and photos proving where every dollar goes with photos and videos.  Subject to these Terms, you are granted a personal, worldwide, non-transferable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, limited license to use and access the Site. You must use this license only in the manner permitted by these Terms for the sole purpose of using and enjoying the benefit of the Services provided by the Site. The “Service” includes (a) the Site, and (b) any software (including the Software, as defined below), data, reports, text, images, sounds, video, and content made available through any of the foregoing (collectively referred to as the “Content”). Any new features added to or augmenting the Service are also subject to this TOS.

Acceptable Use Policy

By using this Site you agree to use the Services in compliance with these Terms and all applicable rules and regulations, including the local, state, national, and international laws that apply to your jurisdiction. We are based in Virginia, United States, and our mailing address is located in the District of Columbia (700 12^th Street, N.W., Ste. 700, Washington, DC 20005). This Site is meant for use by persons within the United States. It may be illegal for certain persons to use the Site in some countries. We make no claim that the Site will be legal or accessible outside of the United States. Subject to these Terms, you may view, print, and use our content and Services as permitted on the Site and only for your own personal, non-commercial use. You further agree and acknowledge that your use of this Site and the Services results in you sending electronic interstate transmissions through our computer network. Such transmissions may include but are not limited to, any searches, file uploads, posts, instant messages, or emails.

The following uses of the Site are prohibited unless we have intended to provide you with access or have provided you express written permission to the contrary:

1. Using the Site in a manner that causes, or may cause, damage to the Site or in a way that impairs visitors’ abilities to access or use the Site and Services, including using the Site in a manner or for a purpose that is unlawful or fraudulent;
2. Using the Site in order to copy, store, upload, publish, use, transmit, host, or distribute anything consisting of or linked to any computer virus, spyware, rootkit, worm, keystroke logger, or other malicious computer software or software that may destroy, damage, or alter a computer system;
3. Conducting any systematic or automated data collection on or related to the Site or its users without their consent, including, without limitation, data mining, data extraction, scraping, data harvesting, “framing,” or article “spinning”;
4. Using the Site to collect, harvest, or compile information or data regarding other users of the Site without their consent;
5. Using software or automated agents or scripts to generate automated searches, requests, or queries on the Site or to mine data from the Site, provided, however, that operators of public search engines have our revocable permission to copy materials from the Site for the sole purpose of and only to the extent necessary for creating public search indices, but not caches or archives of such materials, according to the parameters in our robots.txt file;
6. Transmitting or sending unsolicited communications, commercial or otherwise, or conducting any marketing activities, including using the Site to send spam, pyramid schemes, or chain letters;
7. Republishing (including on another website), duplicating, copying, redistributing, selling, leasing, transferring, hosting, renting, or licensing any part of the Site or otherwise commercially exploiting content, whether in whole or in part, on the Site;
8. Editing, modifying, making derivative works of, reverse engineering, or reverse compiling any information, content, systems, or Services on the Site;
9. Accessing the Site in order to create a similar or competitive business, product, service, or website;
10. Collecting, transmitting, distributing, uploading, or displaying any content or otherwise using the Site in a manner that (i) violates the rights of any third party, including any intellectual property rights or rights to privacy, (ii) is unlawful, tortious, threatening, vulgar, defamatory or libelous, pornographic, obscene, patently offensive, racist, or promotes physical harm or injury, (iii) causes or may cause harm to minors in any way, or (iv) impersonates another individual or organization or otherwise misrepresents an affiliation with another person or entity without permission;
11. Interfering with, disrupting, or overburdening servers or networks connected to the Site;
12. Gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access by any means to any part of the Site or to computers or networks connected to the Site; and
13. Harassing, stalking, harming, or otherwise interfering with or negatively affecting another user’s normal use and enjoyment of the Site.

General Conditions and Use of the Service

Subject to the terms and conditions of this TOS, you may access and use the Service only for lawful purposes. All rights, title, and interest in and to the Service and its components will remain with and belong exclusively to Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. You shall not (a) display, distribute, perform, publish, reproduce, duplicate, copy, create derivative works from, modify, sublicense, sell, resell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, time share, or otherwise commercially exploit or make the Service available to any third party; (b) use the Service in any unlawful manner (including without limitation in violation of any data, privacy or export control laws) or in any manner that interferes with or disrupts the integrity or performance of the Service or its components, or (c) modify, adapt or hack the Service to, or otherwise attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or its related systems or networks. You shall comply with any codes of conduct, policies or other notices Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. provides you or publishes in connection with the Service. You shall promptly notify Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. if you learn of a security breach related to the Service. Any software made available by Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. in connection with the Service (“Software”) contains proprietary and confidential information protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. Subject to the terms and conditions of this TOS, Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. hereby grants you, where applicable, a personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of any Software on a single device solely in connection with the Service, provided that you shall not (and shall not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code or sell, assign, sublicense or otherwise transfer any right in any Software. Software and the transmission of applicable data, if any, is subject to United States export controls.

No Software may be downloaded from the Service or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of United States export laws. Using the Software is at your sole risk. Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules and laws regarding your use of the Service, including as it concerns online conduct and acceptable content. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface provided by Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. for use in accessing the Service. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved, and no license or right to use any trademark of Zimbabwe Farm Project or any third party is granted to you in connection with the Service.

You are solely responsible for all data, information, feedback, suggestions, text, content, and other materials that you upload, post, deliver, publish, provide or otherwise link, transmit, or store (hereafter “post(ing)”) in connection with or relating to the Service (“Your Content”). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login, password, and account and for all activities that occur under your login or account. Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. reserves the right to access your account in order to respond to your requests for technical support. By posting Your Content on or through the Service, You hereby do and shall grant Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid, sub-licensable, and transferable license to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, display, publish and perform Your Content in connection with the Service. Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the Service, Content, or Your Content. You further agree that Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. may remove or disable any Content at any time for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content) or for no reason at all.

You understand that the operation of the Service, including Your Content, may be encrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices; (c) transmission to Zimbabwe Farm Project’s third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to operate and maintain the Service and (d) transmission to certain Third-Party Services (as defined in below). Accordingly, you acknowledge that you bear sole responsibility for adequate security, protection, and backup of Your Content. Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. will have no liability to you for any unauthorized access or use of any of Your Content, or any corruption, deletion, destruction, or loss of any of Your Content.

The failure of Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this TOS shall not be a waiver of that right. You acknowledge that this TOS is a contract between you and Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. even though it is electronic and is not physically signed by you and Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. and it governs your use of the Service and takes the place of any prior agreements between you and the Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. any provision of this TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of this TOS remain in full force and effect.

Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. may ask to use your name and/or company name as a reference for marketing or promotional purposes on Zimbabwe Farm Project’s website and in other communication with existing or potential Zimbabwe Farm Project users. Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. will contact you if we wish to do so.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies store information related to visitors’ preferences, browser type, and other information in order to optimize their experiences. By using this Site you acknowledge your understanding of and consent to Zimbabwe Farm Project’s use of cookies. You may delete cookies already on your computer by consulting your file management software instructions. You may also disable future cookies in your browser settings. You also acknowledge that websites like Google may use DART cookies to provide add-ons to our Site based on visitors visiting our Site and other websites. Visitors may decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.

Electronic Communications

Electronic communications occur whenever you use the Site or Services, you send us emails, we send you emails, and we post notices on the Site. You consent to receive such electronic communications and agree that the electronic communications, including, without limitation, all notices, terms, disclosures, and agreements, has the same legal effect and satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if provided to you in a written hard copy.

Third-Party Services

The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links or other access to other sites and resources on the Internet (including without limitation Third-Party Services). Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. has no control over such sites and resources and Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. is not responsible for and does not endorse such sites and resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, events, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. Any dealings you have with third parties found while using the Service are between you and the third party, and you agree that Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. is not liable for any loss or claim that you may have against any such third party.

Modification of Site

We reserve the right to modify, add to, suspend, or terminate all or part of the Site or Services at any time with or without providing prior notice to you. This includes the right to create limits on our visitors’ use of Services and data storage. You agree that we are not liable for using or enforcing the rights stated in this paragraph. Unless we indicate otherwise, any future modifications to the Site are subject to these Terms.

Support or Maintenance

Although we may choose to provide customer support or website maintenance, you acknowledge and agree that we are under no obligation to do so.

Restricted Access

Some parts of the Site may be restricted to certain visitors. If you have permission to access restricted parts of the Site, you agree to not share your access information and password with third parties. We may change the restricted parts of the Site from time to time. If you do not have access to restricted parts of the Site, you agree not to use another user’s account to gain such access or otherwise attempt to gain improper access to the restricted parts of the Site.

Copyright Policy

We expect you to respect the intellectual property rights of others when using the Site and Services. We will respond to any notices of copyright infringement that we receive that comply with applicable law and are properly submitted to us (pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 512(c)). In order to submit a notice of infringement of your copyrighted material, please provide us with the following information:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work or works claimed to have been infringed;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
4. Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address, if available;
5. A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

We may remove any content that is alleged to be infringing at our sole discretion without prior notice and without liability to you. We also reserve the right to take other appropriate action against infringers, such as terminating the user’s account if the user is determined to be a repeat infringer. Please send any notice of alleged copyright infringement to our designated copyright agent at the following address:

Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc.
Attn: Copyright Agent
700 12th Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Phone: 202.669.6626
Email: [email protected]

Note that pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 512(f), any material misrepresentation in a written notification that content is infringing or that allegedly infringing content was removed by mistake or misidentification automatically subjects the complaining party to liability for damages, including costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner or copyright owner’s authorized licensee, or by us, if injured by such misrepresentation.

Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant to Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. that (i) you have full power and authority to enter into this TOS; (ii) you own all Your Content or have obtained all permissions, releases, rights or licenses required to engage in your posting and other activities (and allow Zimbabwe Farm Project to perform its obligations) in connection with the Services without obtaining any further releases or consents; (iii) Your Content and other activities in connection with the Service, and Zimbabwe Farm Project’s exercise of all rights and license granted by you herein, do not and will not violate, infringe, or misappropriate any third party’s copyright, trademark, right of privacy or publicity, or other personal or proprietary rights, nor does Your Content or activities related to Your Content (including links to Your Content from external websites) contain any matter that is defamatory, pornographic, obscene, unlawful, threatening, abusive, tortious, offensive or harassing; and (iv) you are thirteen (13) years of age or older.

Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site at any time and for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice, at our sole discretion. This may result in deletion of information associated with your account. You may also terminate your account by deactivating it or by submitting a termination request and discontinuing your use of the Services. Your account may be deactivated if it experiences a prolonged period of inactivity. Where applicable, all rights and responsibilities of the parties under these Terms will survive the termination of this agreement, including, without limitation, intellectual property ownership, warranties, disclaimers, and limitations of liability.

You have the right to terminate your account at any time in accordance with the procedures set forth on the Site. Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. reserves the right to (i) modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) and (ii) refuse any and all current and future use of the Service, suspend or terminate your account (any part thereof) or use of the Service and remove and discard any of Your Content in the Service, for any reason, including if Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. believes that you have violated this TOS. Zimbabwe Farm Project. Inc. shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuation of the Service. Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. will use good faith efforts to contact you to warn you prior to suspension or termination of your account by Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. All of Your Content on the Service (if any) may be permanently deleted by Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. upon any termination of your account in its sole discretion.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THE SERVICE, INCLUDING THE SITE AND CONTENT, AND ALL SERVER AND NETWORK COMPONENTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND ZIMBABWE FARM PROJECT, INC. EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ZIMBABWE FARM PROJECT, INC. DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR VIRUS-FREE AND NO INFORMATION, ADVICE, OR SERVICES OBTAINED BY YOU FROM ZFP OR THROUGH THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS TOS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) SHALL ZIMBABWE FARM PROJECT, INC. BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR (A) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES OR BUSINESS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR (B) FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES, COSTS, LOSSES OR LIABILITIES. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ALLOCATE THE RISKS UNDER THIS TOS BETWEEN THE PARTIES, AND THE PARTIES HAVE RELIED ON THESE LIMITATIONS IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO ENTER INTO THIS TOS.

Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, which means that some of the above limitations may not apply to you. IN THESE STATES, Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Indemnification and Release

You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. from and against any claims, actions, or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising or resulting from your breach of this TOS, any of Your Content, or your other access, contribution to, use or misuse of the Service. Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. shall provide notice to you of any such claim, suit, or demand. Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter which is subject to indemnification under this section. In such a case, you agree to cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc.’s defense of such matter. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.” If you are a resident of another jurisdiction, you waive any comparable statute or doctrine.

Arbitration

You and Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. agree that we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in the appropriate state or federal court should you violate or threaten to violate the intellectual property rights of us or our subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, suppliers, or licensors, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Unless both parties agree otherwise, you and Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy you may have arising out of or relating to the Site, Services, or these Terms will be resolved through mandatory binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules, and the judgment of its arbitrator(s) may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction. You further agree that the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision, and THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT EACH IS WAIVING ITS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AS WELL AS THE RIGHT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR MULTI-PARTY ACTION. ALL CLAIMS AND DISPUTES RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES OR ARISING UNDER THE TERMS MUST BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS BASIS. ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM, OR CAUSE OF ACTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE, SERVICES, OR THESE TERMS MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION WILL BE PERMANENTLY BARRED. This provision will survive the termination of this agreement and the termination of your account.

The arbitrator will not have the power to award damages in excess of the limitation on actual compensatory, direct damages set forth in this TOS and may not multiply actual damages or award punitive damages or any other damages that are specifically excluded under this TOS, and each party hereby irrevocably waives any claim to such damages. The arbitrator may, at his or her discretion, assess costs and expenses (including the reasonable legal fees and expenses of the prevailing part) against any party to a proceeding. Any party refusing to comply with an order of the arbitrators will be liable for costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the other party in enforcing the award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of temporary or preliminary injunctive relief, any party may proceed in court without prior arbitration for the purpose of avoiding immediate and irreparable harm. The provisions of this arbitration section will be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Governing Law

This TOS shall be governed by the laws of the State of Virginia without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. Unless otherwise elected by Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. in a particular instance, you hereby expressly agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located within the State of Virginia for the purpose of resolving any dispute relating to your access to or use of the Service not subject to arbitration, as set forth above. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the use of the Service or this TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

Privacy

Please see our Privacy Policy to understand how Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. collects and uses personal information.

COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) Compliance

Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. does not collect, track, or distribute personal information from users under 13.

Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. USERS must submit their first and last name, valid email address, and (optionally) a phone number and zip code. For this reason, all account holders MUST be 13 or older. If an account is created for use with children under the age of 13, the information provided must be that of the adult responsible (parent or teacher).

It is the account holder’s responsibility to ensure that no personally identifiable information (name, phone numbers, street addresses, or email addresses) of children under 13 is shared on the site.

If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personally identifiable information without verifiable parental consent, we will use our best efforts to remove such information. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personally identifiable information without verifiable parental consent, he or she should contact us at [email protected]

If you have any questions about Zimbabwe Farm Project, Inc. policy and COPPA compliance, please contact us at +1 202.669.6626.

Last Updated: June 15, 2022